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A Masjid or Mosque is not just a holy place for worship. It is also a great place to pray and experience the sense of community with others. There are many beautiful mosques in the world that feature impressive Islamic architecture. But there are mosques that stand out in their magnificence. Here are some of the most stunning mosques across the globe and where to find them.

Al-Masjid al-Haram (The Holy Mosque)
Location: Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Highlights: Also known as the Holy Mosque, Great Mosque of Mecca, or Grand Mosque. Al-Masjid al-Haram is said to be the first house of worship built according to the Qur’an. It is home to the Kaaba which is one of the most sacred spots in Islam. This massive and breathtakingly beautiful mosque is the gathers millions of worshipers from around the world during the Hajj.

Al-Masjid an-Nabawi
Location: Medina, Saudi Arabia
Highlights: Al-Masjid an-Nabawi is also referred to as the Prophet’s Mosque. It is located on the site of the mosque built by the Prophet Muhammad. It is the second most sacred mosque in the world. The mosque has many remarkable features but the most significant of which is the Green Dome where the tomb of the Prophet can be found.

Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock
Location: Temple Mount, Jerusalem
Highlights: Al-Aqsa Mosque is the third holiest site in Islam after Mecca and Medina. It is comprised of more than just one masjid with the dome of Rock close by. Masjid Al Aqsa has many interesting features including a special mimbar or pulpit which was built without using any nail.

Crystal Mosque
Location: Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia
Highlights: The Masjid Kristal (Crystal Mosque) is located at the Islamic Heritage Park on Wan Man Island in Malaysia. What makes it stunning apart from its beautiful architecture is the use of glass and steel in building it. This makes it unique and breathtaking in its own right. The interior illumination makes for a breathtaking sight at night and the reflections on the glass and steel façade creates a mesmerizing spectacle.

Grand Mosque of Bursa
Location: Bursa, Turkey
Highlights: Also known as the Ulu Cami is the largest mosque in the area. It is an impressive sight with its twenty domes flanked by two towering minarets. Its architecture displays Seljuk style influences. Its interior pillars and walls feature over a hundred calligraphy works.

Hassan II Mosque
Location: Casablanca, Morocco
Highlights: Hassan II Mosque is Casablanca’s top tourist attraction. It is a magnificent mosque and the largest one in Morocco. The mosque stands on a platform overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. Its 210-meter high minaret is purported to be the tallest in the world and features a light beam that shines towards Mecca at night. It has many notable features one of which is the glass floor at a certain section of the building where the faithful can kneel and worship over the sea.

Shah Faisal Mosque
Location: Islamabad, Pakistan
Highlights: The Shah Faisal Mosque or Faisal Mosque is the biggest in the country. Its unique shape and design is said to be inspired by Bedouin’s tent. The striking and stunning architecture sits magnificently with the Margalla Hills serving as a scenic backdrop.

Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
Location: Abu Dhabi
Highlights: Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque features a stunning architecture. It can easily accommodate up to 40,000 worshippers. To call it grand may seem like an understatement. The mosque boasts of more than 1,000 columns, over 80 domes, and shining chandeliers gilded with 24 carat gold. Its façade and surroundings add to the splendor with its reflections and colors whether seen at day or night.

Süleymaniye Mosque
Location: Istanbul, Turkey
Highlights: The Süleymaniye Camii (Süleymaniye Mosque) is named after Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent. It sits on top of the third hill in the city and is one of the biggest mosques in the area. It was built by Mimar Sinan – a legendary architect of the Ottoman Empire. Its stunning architecture and breathtaking interiors makes it one of the must-see places when in Istanbul.

The Blue Mosque
Location: Istanbul, Turkey
Highlights: The Sultan Ahmed Mosque is more popularly known as the Blue Mosque. It has been often referred to as the latter because of the distinctive blue tiles used in building its interior walls. The mosque’s six minarets are among its striking features along with its cascading domes, blue-tiled interiors, and historical significance among many others.

Background

Inverter generators release a cleaner AC after converting AC to DC, then back to AC. Because they use clean power, they supply constant electricity to appliances in a more efficient way compared to standard generators.

Benefits of Bringing Them Outdoors

Outdoor adventures with family or friends (or both) can be more entertaining with an inverter generator unit. Why’s that? Read on to know.

Inverter generators are portable

Perhaps the first thing you’ll probably love about great inverter generators is that they’re light and small, which makes them easy to bring, handle, and store. Compared to conventional generators, most of them come with a cart and weigh only around 30 pounds (a 1,000-watt unit). Because of this advantage, you can take one with you when you go camping or hiking, and you’ll be able to use your laptop for more fun activities like watching a movie or playing a video game. Inverters can fit in your car with ease and bringing them has more benefits than drawbacks because of how light they are.

Inverters are quiet

Aside from the fact that standard generators are heavy, they’re also noisy which may disturb the people around you. Because of this, even if you can bring one, you probably won’t. On the contrary, you’ll love taking an inverter with you because it’s light, and its operation is quiet.

Inverter generators are fuel-efficient

These generators can adjust the engine speed based on how much power you need. Because of this variable speed upside, inverters save fuel. Note that conventional generators have to attain a particular speed to run.

Inverters provide clean AC

As mentioned in the introduction, these units supply cleaner energy than conventional units, which means they can be used for sensitive products like laptops, phones, and tablets. This makes any outdoor adventure more high-tech as you can have a constant flow of electricity with you wherever you go minus the voltage fluctuation.

Inverter generators allow parallel operation

If you think one unit isn’t enough, you can connect it with another to increase the power output. This is beneficial especially if you’re going on a long trip with lots of relatives or friends since you’ll need more energy to power up numerous devices.

We all know how life can be. Simple, yet elegant. Beautiful and full of hope. There’s also the fact that life itself is Mother Nature taking its course – going with the flow in the best way possible until we finally meet our Creator.

We also know how life can be. Hard, yet inelegant. Ugly and full of hopelessness. There’s also the fact that life itself is Mother Nature taking its course – going with the flow in the worst way possible until we finally meet our Creator.

But you know what?

Life as most of us saw it can be summarized into three words: just like saws.

Life is just like saws, after all – where you get to improve yourself especially if life is already simple enough and beautiful enough for you to survive any kind of situation you may find yourself in. You can do this by sharpening your teeth like saws to learn more about who you are while letting your creative juices flow like no other – and yes, as you let yourself grind your mind as saws are used; and yes again, as you wind your body as saws are held.

That’s because at the end of the day, what matters is you being able to treat life as the kind of stepping stone that will help you inspire other people especially – and yes, just like you do when you use saws as tools to create something new.

And you know what?

Life as most of us saw it can still be summarized into three words: just like saws.

Life is just like saws, after all – where you get to improve yourself even if life is already hard enough and ugly enough for you to survive any kind of situation you may find yourself in. You can do this by sharpening your teeth like saws to learn more about what you are while letting your innovative juices flow like never before – and yes, as you let yourself grind your body as saws are used; and yes again, as you wind your mind as saws are held.

And that’s because at the end of the day, what matters is you being able to treat life as the kind of stepping stone that will help you motivate yourself even – and yes, just like you do when you use saws as tools to fix something old.

Indeed, life as most of us saw it can be summarized into three words: just like saws, or maybe, even one of the top 5 table saws of 2017.

But what if there’s more to life than just going with flow? What if there’s more to what we can see from nearby than just going with the flow? What if there’s more to what we can do from afar than just going with the flow?

You see, life is more than just what we can see from nearby. It doesn’t just involve what we can see in ourselves, but also involves what we can see in other people. It doesn’t just involve what we can see from other people, but also involves what we can see from other places. And by this, it means life itself is the kind of flow that goes way beyond than what a person can only see from nearby – and that is seeing places from a different perspective.

You see, life is more than just what we can experience from afar. It doesn’t just involve what we can experience by ourselves, but also involves what we can experience in other people. It doesn’t just involve what others can experience from other people, but also involves what we can experience from other things. And by this, it means life itself is the kind of flow that goes way beyond than what a person can only experience from afar – and that is experiencing things in a new way.

Because there’s more to life than just going with flow. Because there’s more to what we can see from nearby than just going with the flow. Because there’s more to what we can do from afar than just going with the flow.

Like water, life becomes more than just what we can see from nearby. It becomes who we are as a family member as it involves what we can see in other people, what we are as a neighborhood member as it involves what we can see from other people, and how we are as a country member as it involves what we can see from other places – and yes, nearby and in a different perspective.

Like water, life becomes more than just what we can experience from afar. It becomes who we are as a family member as it involves what we can experience in other people, what we are as a neighborhood member as it involves what we can experience from other people, and how we are as a country member as it involves what we can experience from other places – and yes, afar and in a new way.

Despite the war going on in the Middle East because of those who wanted nothing but power and the fear still plaguing all over the world because of those who wanted everything and power, we can’t deny the fact that Muslims are one of the best kinds of people out there.

You see, Muslims are just like us – who live for the purpose of fulfilling what’s in the Scriptures, who live for the purpose of fulfilling their loved ones’ desires, and who live for the purpose of making the world a better place to live in. They are people who have families and friends, as well as work during the weekdays and play during the weekends.

Even more so, Muslims have the following characteristics:

Hardworking

Truth be told, most people nowadays have become completely dependent with technology – even when it comes to the simplest of tasks. But if there’s a group of people who continues to stay grounded and just do the best they can to fulfill their duties for the day, they would be Muslims – who are accustomed to natural settings rather than the hustle and bustle of city life.

But if they do get accustomed to man-made settings more than the peace and calm of country life, they would still be grounded enough to make every day a chance to earn by hand for their loved ones.

Influencing

In a world where everything is already dominated by technology, along with the business industry, it’s only right for one to think of ways to influence other people to make the kind of change that everyone in the world would greatly benefit from. Such is the characteristic of today’s generation of Muslim influencers like Shaykh Hamza Yusuf and Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan.

As what caliph (or khalifa) literally means, these influencers are successors – and hopefully, to a brave new world in the near future – to a vision that aims to make the world a better place to live in.

There is something about athletes that inspire the best in people. Their lives have such compelling tales that capture the heart and imagination of fans and sports enthusiasts everywhere. Among the top players and fighters of all time are Muslim athletes who have served as inspiration to many. Here are five of the many great Muslim athletes out there.

Hakeem Olajuwon
Sport: Basketball

Highlights: Nigerian-American professional basketball player whose career spanned roughly 18 years, touted as one of the greatest NBA players in history; received several accolades such as two-time Defensive Player of the Year, two-time NBA Finals MVP, Leading Shot-Blocker in NBA History, and more

Imran Khan
Sport: Cricket

Highlights: Pakistan’s greatest cricketer with a career that spanned 21 years. Imran Khan
Is an excellent all-around cricketer and considered to be one of the greatest of all time. He and his teammates at the Pakistan national team won the country’s first cricket World Cup in 1992. Among this accolades include the ICC Hall of Fame and three-time Player of the Year.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Sport: Basketball

Highlights: One of the most recognizable names in NBA’s history. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has established his dominance on the court and was even known for his signature “sky-hook”. He retired at the age of 42 and has received numerous honors including six-time NBA Champion, six-time NBA MVP, 10-time All-NBA First Team, Five-time All-Defensive First Team. He is regarded as one of the greatest players in NBA History.

Michael Gerard “Mike” Tyson
Sport: Boxing

Highlights: In 1986, the twenty-year old Mike Tyson became the youngest heavyweight boxing champion of the world. He served time in prison and later returned to boxing after his release. He went on to win the WBA and WBC heavyweight titles. He continued to struggle with issues like drug abuse in his personal life. His ability to bounce back allowed him to continue to become one of the best fighters in the world.

Muhammad Ali
Sport: Boxing

Highlights: Muhammad Ali is a world-renowned boxing athlete who was also an activist and philantrophist. He was a Light Heavy Weight Gold Medalist at the 1960 Olympics and a three-time World Heavyweight Champion. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2005. His battle with Parkinson’s disease was widely known but he continued to be an inspiring sports figure over the years.

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